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Entering play this evening the Reds hold a slim one game lead over 4 NL central opponents.

Phillips returns to the Redlegs lineup after missing 4 games, Brandon is batting .354 with a .407 on-base percentage in his first 12 games.

Galarraga (yes, the old tiger) has a 6.75 ERA this season.

In 25 career games against the Cincinnati Reds, Stephen Drew is 22-for-95 (.232). He has been even worse at Great American Ballpark, hitting just .188 in 48 career at-bats.

Cincinnati sports a 6-3 record for night games, while going just 3-4 during the afternoon.

Lecure has a 2.45 ERA in two starts, and yielded one run and one hit over six innings last Tuesday, retiring the final 12 batters he faced.

At GABP you would expect a high scoring series, perhaps record numbers.. the Reds pitching staff has been shaky, at best, and Arizona - Offense has not been a problem for the Diamondbacks, who are in or near the top five in the majors in batting average (.277) and slugging percentage (.437). The problem has been their NL-worst 5.55 staff ERA. Arizona's starters have the worst ERA in the majors at 6.00.

Re: 4/19 Dbacks v Reds

Not sure what it is like in Cincy, but we are getting hammered here in Indy with really bad weather which I gotta think may head cincy way...not sure if playing BP tonight in what might be poor conditions is a good idea. Also, why can't Dusty think outside the box just once and maybe try Hanigan in the 2 spot and see what happens...

Re: 4/19 Dbacks v Reds

I'm so far away from Cincy I didn't even know they were calling for rain.. and yeah, where to bat the catcher in our lineup is a constant.. discussion.. last year I remember talk of letting Hanigan lead off because of our lack of production from that slot..

Re: 4/19 Dbacks v Reds

Originally Posted by brm7675

Not sure what it is like in Cincy, but we are getting hammered here in Indy with really bad weather which I gotta think may head cincy way...

A warm front over our area is supposed to hold off the bulk of the rain/storms from about now (4:40 as of this writing) until early Wed morning (Midnight/1 am) -- but, don't count anything out. Scattered storms are predicted, at least...but there has been no delay announced, as of yet.

I'm smack in the middle of 'Nati...and the sun is out.

A flood watch is currently out, though...so...what do I know?

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Re: 4/19 Dbacks v Reds

Originally Posted by brm7675

Not sure what it is like in Cincy, but we are getting hammered here in Indy with really bad weather which I gotta think may head cincy way...not sure if playing BP tonight in what might be poor conditions is a good idea. Also, why can't Dusty think outside the box just once and maybe try Hanigan in the 2 spot and see what happens...

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